Federal Customs Administration

E374695
customs authority federal agency

The Federal Customs Administration is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and the collection of certain federal duties and taxes.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Administration fédérale des douanes 1
Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung 1
Federal Customs Administration canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf customs authority ⓘ
federal agency ⓘ
abbreviation AFD ⓘ
AFD (it) ⓘ
EZV ⓘ
cooperatesWith Swiss Guard ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Border Guard

cantonal police forces ⓘ
foreign customs authorities ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
employerOf Swiss customs officers ⓘ
goal ensuring security at Swiss borders ⓘ
facilitation of legitimate trade ⓘ
protection of state revenue ⓘ
headquartersLocation Bern ⓘ
jurisdiction Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Confederation
languageOfWork French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
legalBasis Swiss customs law ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Customs Act

Swiss customs law ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Customs Ordinance
nativeName Federal Customs Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Administration fédérale des douanes

Amministrazione federale delle dogane ⓘ
Swiss customs administration ⓘ
surface form: Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung
parentOrganization Federal Department of Finance ⓘ
partOf federal office of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Swiss federal administration
responsibility border security ⓘ
collection of certain federal taxes ⓘ
collection of customs duties ⓘ
collection of excise duties on imports ⓘ
collection of road traffic charges on foreign vehicles ⓘ
collection of value-added tax on imports ⓘ
combating customs fraud ⓘ
combating smuggling ⓘ
customs control ⓘ
enforcement of import and export restrictions ⓘ
enforcement of sanctions at the border ⓘ
implementation of border-related trade measures ⓘ
implementation of customs legislation ⓘ
protection of the economy at the border ⓘ
protection of the environment at the border ⓘ
protection of the population at the border ⓘ
sector public administration ⓘ
supervises border crossings in Switzerland ⓘ
customs offices in Switzerland ⓘ
typeOfTaxCollected customs duties ⓘ
excise duties on certain goods ⓘ
import VAT ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Department of Finance → supervises → Federal Customs Administration ⓘ
cantonalPoliceForces → cooperateWith → Federal Customs Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Border Guard / Federal Customs Administration
Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement → oversees → Federal Customs Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung
DFF → oversees → Federal Customs Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal customs administration
Federal Customs Administration → nativeName → Federal Customs Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Administration fédérale des douanes